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SPOT FORECAST FOR PIUTE COMPLEX...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
557 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1707 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TROPICAL
MOISTURE OVER THE FIRE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE GREATEST
THREAT OF LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE COMPLEX EARLY THIS
EVENING.  UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY BY SUNDAY AND
BRING A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE FIRE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A 30
                    PERCENT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM...
                    MAINLY EAST OF THE COMPLEX. CLEAR LATER TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT WITH POSSIBLE
                    GUSTS TO 14 MPH. WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-15 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING
                    DIMINISHING TO 3-6 MPH BY 2200 PDT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 14-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH 1300 PDT.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...MIKE HEFFNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120804.PIUTE.01/HNX